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foundation and michael bloomberg for organizing this important discussion. as we've heard, africa had two decades of encouraging growth the story will only continue if the continent tackles these problems our studies show the core state including electricity, water, roads cuts growth by 2% every year. it reduces business productivity by 40% these losses take an he norm musts human toll in addition to on economic growth. we have heard about the infrastructure gap. there is $100 million a year needed less than half is supplied by the government. we've heard that the of the 800 million people, there is only about 80 giga watts of cell capacity. 10 million small and medium enterprises don't have access to energy despite enormous potential for geo thermal, wind, and solar power, as said earlier, five and a half percent growth has been done without power just to give you an example. we knew they had been growing and cost of energy was $0.75 per kilowatt hour. here in washington, d.c. we probably pay 10, 11, or $0.12 what will we do? we think the initiative will pl
foundation and michael bloomberg for organizing this important discussion. as we've heard, africa had two decades of encouraging growth the story will only continue if the continent tackles these problems our studies show the core state including electricity, water, roads cuts growth by 2% every year. it reduces business productivity by 40% these losses take an he norm musts human toll in addition to on economic growth. we have heard about the infrastructure gap. there is $100 million a year...
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i also want to especially thank michael bloomberg. michael's contribution to africa commons not just in the form of this summit, but through his latest commitment of $10 million that he made this february 2 african countries to build media capacity with a business focus and to promote reliability in reporting, educational opportunities, and the transparencies that the vice president just talked about that markets need in order to give capital confidence and in order to grow. finally, i want to thank penny pritzker, my partner, fellow member of the president cabinet, but a terrific partner in our endeavors to make sure people understand in this globalized world, in this transformative ,ociety we are living in today that economics are not of course from foreign policy. it is foreign policy and foreign policy is economic policy. hand-in-handly go and we are working closely to marry the efforts of the commerce and state department in order to assist companies and work for american business, but also to work for the countries that we will
i also want to especially thank michael bloomberg. michael's contribution to africa commons not just in the form of this summit, but through his latest commitment of $10 million that he made this february 2 african countries to build media capacity with a business focus and to promote reliability in reporting, educational opportunities, and the transparencies that the vice president just talked about that markets need in order to give capital confidence and in order to grow. finally, i want to...
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thank you to michael bloomberg for your leadership, and thank you to bloomberg philanthropies for your partnership in organizing this forum. i also want to it knowledge my deputy chief of staff who played the lead role in the department of congress in putting together the six ordinary event. i have known michael bloomberg for over a decade. i have admired the way he led new york city. the way he has run his businesses. and the way he has committed himself and his organization to africa and its people. it is always a great pleasure to work with him. it is part of the largest gathering of african heads of state ever hosted by an american president, we are both excited to welcome you to this historic event. bringing together remarkable number of ceos, to discuss business opportunities in africa. year, president obama traveled to the university of cape town to usher in a new chapter of the u.s. africa relationship. there,ed on students along with leaders from the 54 distinct countries of the african union, and leaders from the united states, to embrace key tenants of his vision for our all
thank you to michael bloomberg for your leadership, and thank you to bloomberg philanthropies for your partnership in organizing this forum. i also want to it knowledge my deputy chief of staff who played the lead role in the department of congress in putting together the six ordinary event. i have known michael bloomberg for over a decade. i have admired the way he led new york city. the way he has run his businesses. and the way he has committed himself and his organization to africa and its...
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i would like to begin by thanking the secretary and mayor bloomberg for the enormous amount of work they and their teams have done to bring us together. i am very grateful to present -- president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should've done a long time ago. there are many heads of state from africa here and political and business leaders from both continents. i do want to say that our thoughts are with the leaders of liberia, guinea, and sierra leone who could not be here because they had to stay home to deal with the ebola outbreak. we wish them well. i told a analyst before we came out today that i hate panels. they are over directed. i do not like ones where members filibuster. i do want them to say what they have to say about this issue. we all want more trade, more investment. it is generally known that africa is going to grow as it has somewhere between 5% and 7% as the continent. six of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world are in africa. it may go to seven in the coming decade. the middle class is growing, but in spite of the $80 billion in fore
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mayor bloomberg, thank you. for the great work you are doing across africa to help create jobs and promote public health. thank you ray much for your leadership. i want to thank our other cohost, my great friend and commerce secretary. i want to welcome our partners join us from africa. let me welcome the delegates. the madamt to welcome chairperson the president of the as welldevelopment bank is the president of the world bank. these give them all a round of applause. [applause] i want to add knowledge members of congress who are here. and who are great champions of africa's engagement with -- america's engagement with africa. on a city that does not agree on much, there is broad bipartisan agreement that is secure, prosperous, and self-reliant africa is in the national interest of the u.s. an owner think the leaders work reading jobs every day to read and our u.s. trade representative michael foreman. and our new head of the millennial challenge corporation . the director of the trade and development agency. o
mayor bloomberg, thank you. for the great work you are doing across africa to help create jobs and promote public health. thank you ray much for your leadership. i want to thank our other cohost, my great friend and commerce secretary. i want to welcome our partners join us from africa. let me welcome the delegates. the madamt to welcome chairperson the president of the as welldevelopment bank is the president of the world bank. these give them all a round of applause. [applause] i want to add...
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i would like to begin by thanking the secretary and mayor bloomberg for the enormous amount of work they and their teams have done to bring us together. i am very grateful to present -- president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should've done a long time ago.
i would like to begin by thanking the secretary and mayor bloomberg for the enormous amount of work they and their teams have done to bring us together. i am very grateful to present -- president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should've done a long time ago.
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philanthropies, and in particular might bloomberg, for their -- michael bloomberg, for there extraordinaire a to make this the impact that it is. i'm honored to join such a distinguished panel to discuss africa's and for structure potential and africa's infrastructure challenges. toore i do, i would like you join me in thanking again jim kim in the extraordinary announcement that he just made on behalf of the world bank for power africa, the president signature initiative, to double access to power in africa. and the commitment of $5 billion for the world bank group is an enormous contribution. i know president obama is personally very grateful. [applause] broadly speaking in the context of this panel, we want to explore the nature of africa's and restructure needs -- infrastructure needs and the challenges that we face in terms of trying to enhance both the energy infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, information, communications, and technology infrastructure, and this panel is incredibly well-suited to do so. we have ceo's, investors, those who specialize in every aspect of the i
philanthropies, and in particular might bloomberg, for their -- michael bloomberg, for there extraordinaire a to make this the impact that it is. i'm honored to join such a distinguished panel to discuss africa's and for structure potential and africa's infrastructure challenges. toore i do, i would like you join me in thanking again jim kim in the extraordinary announcement that he just made on behalf of the world bank for power africa, the president signature initiative, to double access to...
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everybody.oon, mayor bloomberg, thank you. kindnly for the introduction, but to bloomberg our cohost,es as and for the gray work that you're doing across africa to jobs and promote public health, encourage inrepreneurship, especially women. so thank you very much, michael, for your leadership. our otherthank cohost, my great friend and secretary,mmerce penny pritzker. [applause] i want to welcome all of our partners who are joining us from across africa. heads of state and government, welcome the delegations from sierra leone, guinea with whom we are working so usual ebbly to ebola outbreak. i also want to welcome madam chair person of the african commission. president of the african donald, as bank, well as the president of the dr. kim.k please give all of them a round of applause. [applause] and i want to acknowledge members of congress who are here and who are such great champions africa's engagement with america. does not always agree on much these days, there is broad bipartisan agreement a secure prosperous and self reli
everybody.oon, mayor bloomberg, thank you. kindnly for the introduction, but to bloomberg our cohost,es as and for the gray work that you're doing across africa to jobs and promote public health, encourage inrepreneurship, especially women. so thank you very much, michael, for your leadership. our otherthank cohost, my great friend and secretary,mmerce penny pritzker. [applause] i want to welcome all of our partners who are joining us from across africa. heads of state and government, welcome...
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. >> before we go on to doug, in his former life, mayor bloomberg -- at the end of his term was the chairman of a group called the c40 of big cities devoted to greater energy efficiency and sustainability through clean energy in urban areas. the clinton foundation was the basically technical implementer for a lot of this. there are a lot of african cities that are now in our coalition that are getting efficient bus rapid transit, that are trying to close landfills and use energy sources, do recycling. and are working up and down the line to get more out of what is there. it is no longer people thinking this is some touchy-feely offbeat irrelevant issue. i think it is something that deserves more attention, perhaps later in the day in the other panels. i don't there is a big company in america that has tried to do more on the sustainability issue than walmart. what do you think about this? is this an opportunity for creating energy through sustainability? >> can i connect a dot? between your point around investment and the business opportunity in africa with distributed energy. we are in purs
. >> before we go on to doug, in his former life, mayor bloomberg -- at the end of his term was the chairman of a group called the c40 of big cities devoted to greater energy efficiency and sustainability through clean energy in urban areas. the clinton foundation was the basically technical implementer for a lot of this. there are a lot of african cities that are now in our coalition that are getting efficient bus rapid transit, that are trying to close landfills and use energy sources,...
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he is the bloomberg news congressional reporter w. good morning. caller: good morning. host: breakdown that $694 million. what is that for? how is it being paid for? caller: it is for a range of things. there is money and therefore the andonal guard to repay repair and provide troops on the border. re to is money in the bring some of those undocumented children back to their country. aide is some humanitarian in their. -- in there. 1/5 of what the president was looking for. host: talk about the second bill last night that targets president obama's policy to protect undocumented children from deportation. bill thatis was a john boehner needed to put on the house floor in order to get enough republican support for the first bill. what this would do would be to freeze the president's policy of protecting certain kids -- certain immigrants from being deported. before the 2012 election, the president said the country was going to stop deporting immigrants who were brought here as kids. a lot of republicans have said encouragedolicy has immigration -- illegal immigration from
he is the bloomberg news congressional reporter w. good morning. caller: good morning. host: breakdown that $694 million. what is that for? how is it being paid for? caller: it is for a range of things. there is money and therefore the andonal guard to repay repair and provide troops on the border. re to is money in the bring some of those undocumented children back to their country. aide is some humanitarian in their. -- in there. 1/5 of what the president was looking for. host: talk about the...
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i want to thank people at bloomberg philanthropy commerce department. right now, africa is undergoing a swift transformation. africa is the second fastest growing region in the world, home to six of the ten fastest growing economies. this growth reflects hard work africans have done to lay a foundation that supports investment. a potential for expanded ties offer tremendous opportunities for the people of our two countries before i talk more about investment in africa, let me say a few words about u.s. economy. data demonstrates growing strength nl of the u.s. economy is continuing. we saw strong gdp growth. our private secretario created 10 million new jobs first time since 1997. over the past 12 months job growth has been higher than any year in 2006. unemployment has fallen. auto industry is thriving and housing industry is fighting it's way back. manufacturing is rebounding with more than 700,000 jobs added strongest growth over any comparable period since late 1990s. we've produced more oil than we import. we're the woerl's leading producer of petr
i want to thank people at bloomberg philanthropy commerce department. right now, africa is undergoing a swift transformation. africa is the second fastest growing region in the world, home to six of the ten fastest growing economies. this growth reflects hard work africans have done to lay a foundation that supports investment. a potential for expanded ties offer tremendous opportunities for the people of our two countries before i talk more about investment in africa, let me say a few words...
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she coordinates investigative reporting for bloomberg. >> thank you. quick question. what new technologies are you both watching closely and think will potentially be the most disruptive? >> this is not a new technology become al say i have heavy user and a fan of twitter. i find it an indispensable source of news and information. i haven't seen anything that is as useful to me as twitter. twitter has only existed for less than 10 years. well under 10 years. i watch what is happening, that is something i am weighing against. the impactng to have of facebook? what is going to have the impact of twitter? i have seen interesting things, but i haven't seen anything that looks like it is as dominant as that. monitoringedia allows you to see trending, stories trending that sounds pop-culture-ish. but in the old days, it was an editor's job to find out what people had on their mind. what story should you put in front of people is what they wanted to know. it's easier to know that now because he you can put out a package of information and by the end of the day everybody is t
she coordinates investigative reporting for bloomberg. >> thank you. quick question. what new technologies are you both watching closely and think will potentially be the most disruptive? >> this is not a new technology become al say i have heavy user and a fan of twitter. i find it an indispensable source of news and information. i haven't seen anything that is as useful to me as twitter. twitter has only existed for less than 10 years. well under 10 years. i watch what is...
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i would like to begin by thanking the secretary and mayor bloomberg for the enormous amount of work they and their teams have done to bring us together. --m very grateful to present president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should've done a long time ago. there are many heads of state from africa here and political and business leaders from both continents. ouro want to say that thoughts are with the leaders of liberia, guinea, and sierra leone who could not be here because they had to stay home to deal with the ebola outbreak. we wish them well. i told a analyst before we came out today that i hate panels. they are over directed. i do not like ones where members filibuster. i do want them to say what they have to say about this issue. we all want more trade, more investment. it is generally known that africa is going to grow as it has somewhere between 5% and 7% as the continent. six of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world are in africa. it may go to seven in the coming decade. the middle class is growing, but in spite of the $80 billion in foreign inve
i would like to begin by thanking the secretary and mayor bloomberg for the enormous amount of work they and their teams have done to bring us together. --m very grateful to present president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should've done a long time ago. there are many heads of state from africa here and political and business leaders from both continents. ouro want to say that thoughts are with the leaders of liberia, guinea, and sierra leone who could not be here...
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. >> we are going to go next to ben, bloomberg. >> i heard you talk quite a bit about the need for unions to get back some of the power they have lost. how do you see that playing out with the unions'attempts to --a potential to -- the join employer standard, for instance, mcdonald's allowing, considering in part that the union behind a mcdonald's branch of that -- >> is what? >> seicu, an x affiliate of yours. -- ex-affiliate of yours. >> there has been -- even though seicu is "not affiliated," about 85-90% other locals remain affiliated with us. we work with the nea. we probably have a better coordination now. we are working hard to try to get unions to work together and create synergy. we have targeted five cities in the south. the machinist just organized thousand workers in texas. the nurses organized 7 or 8 or 9 -- we work to create that synergy and eliminate some of the nonsense. we just signed a nationwide moderating pack with seicu, to make sure that even though they are not eliminating that rating. it has been very successful. we will continue to try to create that synergy and g
. >> we are going to go next to ben, bloomberg. >> i heard you talk quite a bit about the need for unions to get back some of the power they have lost. how do you see that playing out with the unions'attempts to --a potential to -- the join employer standard, for instance, mcdonald's allowing, considering in part that the union behind a mcdonald's branch of that -- >> is what? >> seicu, an x affiliate of yours. -- ex-affiliate of yours. >> there has been -- even...
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much as the director of the cdc but the commissioner of health where he was heroic working with mayor bloomberg in almost eliminating smoking in that city if you can believe it. he also drove down and almost eliminated trans fat in their diet of most new york residents. and eliminated: cancer screening disparities among his many .istinctions he is here as director of the cdc and will moderate the panel. they will moderate the panel, asking questions of his colleagues for about 35 minutes and then we will open it up to and heask them questions will field those from his chair. we will have about 25 minutes of questions and at 8:30 p.m. we will a you go. >> i hope you enjoy aspen during the next hour as well. we will tell you what it is like to be a disease detectives. for those of you that saw the movie "contagion." diseaseslet is a detectives and it is pretty realistic. it is a boots on the ground experience of what the cdc does to keep all of us safe. officers, the program is and is a 60 years old really unique type of training. it is the epidemic intelligence services and a clever fellow figur
much as the director of the cdc but the commissioner of health where he was heroic working with mayor bloomberg in almost eliminating smoking in that city if you can believe it. he also drove down and almost eliminated trans fat in their diet of most new york residents. and eliminated: cancer screening disparities among his many .istinctions he is here as director of the cdc and will moderate the panel. they will moderate the panel, asking questions of his colleagues for about 35 minutes and...
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much as the director of the cdc but the commissioner of health where he was heroic working with mayor bloomberg in almost eliminating smoking in that city if you can believe it. he also drove down and almost eliminated trans fat in their diet of most new york residents. and eliminated: cancer screening disparities among his many .istinctions he is here as director of the cdc and will moderate the panel. they will moderate the panel, asking questions of his colleagues for about 35 minutes and then we will open it up to and heask them questions will field those from his chair. we will have about 25 minutes of questions and at 8:30 p.m. we will a you go. >> i hope you enjoy aspen during the next hour as well. we will tell you what it is like to be a disease detectives. for those of you that saw the movie "contagion." diseaseslet is a detectives and it is pretty realistic. it is a boots on the ground experience of what the cdc does to keep all of us safe. officers, the program is and is a 60 years old really unique type of training. it is the epidemic intelligence services and a clever fellow figur
much as the director of the cdc but the commissioner of health where he was heroic working with mayor bloomberg in almost eliminating smoking in that city if you can believe it. he also drove down and almost eliminated trans fat in their diet of most new york residents. and eliminated: cancer screening disparities among his many .istinctions he is here as director of the cdc and will moderate the panel. they will moderate the panel, asking questions of his colleagues for about 35 minutes and...
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bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. jack lew has previously said the executive branch of government doesn't have the right to -- but -- the authority to stop slow and corporate inversions. -- but now he is reviewing options to do so, an issue that a lot of businesses, including some of the ones paying attention to this summit, are interested in. what prompted this apparent reversal, what actions are now under consideration? will you consider an executive order that would limit or ban such companies from getting federal contracts and how soon would you like to see treasure -- treasury act given congress's schedule? >> just to review why we're concerned here. you have accountants going to some big corporations. multinational corporations that are clearly u.s. based and have the bulk of their operations in the united states, and these accounts are saying you know what, we found a great loophole. if you just flip your citizenship to another country, even though it's just a paper transaction, we think we can get you out of p
bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. jack lew has previously said the executive branch of government doesn't have the right to -- but -- the authority to stop slow and corporate inversions. -- but now he is reviewing options to do so, an issue that a lot of businesses, including some of the ones paying attention to this summit, are interested in. what prompted this apparent reversal, what actions are now under consideration? will you consider an executive order that would limit or ban...
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bloomberg news. cole returns to german utilities, replacing low cost nuclear. the guardian "soaring energy and housing costs forced homes to turn to food banks. "new york times." spain is energy in taking a beating. what should we observe and learn european experience? >> well, i think you to acknowledge that in terms of the in this medical policy has beenolby ha the equivalent of medieval blood letting. it is not working. notice.gs you to first of all, there is already a market developed not only to argue against taking action with respect to carbon, there is setting uplopment in these financial trading desks wants toe carbon that lobby to undertake this option. is a very strong and very large industry right now and so there are interest groups pushing for this as a solution that in fact will not work. markey?or >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to go to the e.p.a. administrators. thank you all so much for your service over the years. here of chart u.s. g.d.p. since the great in 1929.n president johnson signed the inst clean air act into law 1963. it was amen
bloomberg news. cole returns to german utilities, replacing low cost nuclear. the guardian "soaring energy and housing costs forced homes to turn to food banks. "new york times." spain is energy in taking a beating. what should we observe and learn european experience? >> well, i think you to acknowledge that in terms of the in this medical policy has beenolby ha the equivalent of medieval blood letting. it is not working. notice.gs you to first of all, there is already a...
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the bloomberg website from its editors has this piece this morning -- samantha in akron, ohio, independent caller, what do you think? caller: i don't think the president should go. there are enough people there. eric holder is going there. they are investigating. racism is something that we have lived with since our country's inception. i don't see it going away anytime soon. -- ok, you don't think a speech or his presence could help trigger conversation? caller: i really don't. he has talked about other incidents that have occurred and he stressed how we must come together and we thought his election would bring us together havet has seemed to brought us further apart and i think you should let the people who are in charge of law enforcement and investigation handled the situation. heart atand from his some opportunity, he might express his wishes -- [no audio] caller: this is almost orwellian. haven't we realized that this diversity is an endless source of strife and tension throughout the world and it can be the source of bloodshed and it will only get worse. we ignore on the periphery
the bloomberg website from its editors has this piece this morning -- samantha in akron, ohio, independent caller, what do you think? caller: i don't think the president should go. there are enough people there. eric holder is going there. they are investigating. racism is something that we have lived with since our country's inception. i don't see it going away anytime soon. -- ok, you don't think a speech or his presence could help trigger conversation? caller: i really don't. he has talked...
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the little girl from tennessee, your guest from bloomberg, they are still trying to blame george bush. for years obama has bragged about trying to bring the troops home. now obama is blaming george bush for bringing the troops home? you can't have it both ways. who brought the troops home? obama, or george bush? david, from jonesboro, republican line. david, good morning. i think that we should have obviously left the troops in iraq. understand it,te actually, when they indicated that they would be going home. trying very hard to make us believe that things that we had seen and heard her family . i don't understand why he is so hell-bent on doing that. it's obvious that they could around 13,000 troops. that's what the military wanted. the question is -- why is it that obama did not want to leave them there? one, you wanted to lower the defense budget. another, i think you wanted out. don't think he cared. he is a politician. he is very good at domestic things, giving speeches, but does military stuff he doesn't like. the other people the national security agency don't know what they a
the little girl from tennessee, your guest from bloomberg, they are still trying to blame george bush. for years obama has bragged about trying to bring the troops home. now obama is blaming george bush for bringing the troops home? you can't have it both ways. who brought the troops home? obama, or george bush? david, from jonesboro, republican line. david, good morning. i think that we should have obviously left the troops in iraq. understand it,te actually, when they indicated that they...
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skipping over the guest of honor for a moment kasha, bloomberg news correspondent and speakers committee member who organized oday's event, thank you. the minister of international relations and cooperation. paul barber, the north american editor of afp tv. connie long, president of audiovisual news and senior white house correspondent who for many years was familiar to outh africans during the apartheid time from washington and when she met nelson mandela when he was here 20 years ago he said, and the radios were smuggled into the cells, connie's broadcast gave them hope. thank you for being such an active member of the national press club. . . of wealth and income. two decades later, our guest of honor today, the current south african president, jacob zuma, presides over a much improved country. the par tide is long ended. many in south africa have access to clean water and electricity. the murder rate has been cut by more than half and a proportion of those living on less than $2 a day has declined. even so, south africa remains economically unequal, the country has one of the highest
skipping over the guest of honor for a moment kasha, bloomberg news correspondent and speakers committee member who organized oday's event, thank you. the minister of international relations and cooperation. paul barber, the north american editor of afp tv. connie long, president of audiovisual news and senior white house correspondent who for many years was familiar to outh africans during the apartheid time from washington and when she met nelson mandela when he was here 20 years ago he said,...
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she coordinates investigative reporting for bloomberg. >> thank you. quick question. what new technologies are you both watching closely and think will potentially be the most disruptive? >> this is not a new technology but i will say i have become a heavy user and a fan of twitter. i find it an indispensable source of news and information. i haven't seen anything that is as useful to me as twitter. twitter has only existed for less than 10 years. well under 10 years. as i watch what is happening, that is something i am weighing against. what is going to have the impact of facebook? what is going to have the impact of twitter? i have seen interesting things, but i haven't seen anything that looks like it is as dominant as that. >> social media monitoring allows you to see trending, stories trending that sounds pop-culture-ish. but in the old days, it was an editor's job to find out what people had on their mind. what story should you put in front of people is what they wanted to know. it's easier to know that now because he you can put out a package of information and
she coordinates investigative reporting for bloomberg. >> thank you. quick question. what new technologies are you both watching closely and think will potentially be the most disruptive? >> this is not a new technology but i will say i have become a heavy user and a fan of twitter. i find it an indispensable source of news and information. i haven't seen anything that is as useful to me as twitter. twitter has only existed for less than 10 years. well under 10 years. as i watch...
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after remarks by former new york mayor michael bloomberg, former president bill clinton will moderate a panel that includes the heads of general electric, dow chemical, and walmart. the coverage of the summit continues on c-span just after 11:00 eastern with national security advisor susan rice leading a discussion with the heads of ibm and coca-cola. secretary of state john kerry will discuss issues facing africa with the presidents of tanzania, senegal, tunisia, and rwanda, and president obama will address the group in the afternoon. in a few moments, and answer coalition rally to support the palestinian people and protest israeli in gaza. in an hour and a half, our coverage of the annual conference of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials, including a panel on the latino vote in the midterm elections. the group also heard from california governor jerry brown and labor secretary thomas perez. the answer coalition, composed over more than 100 antiwar and civil rights groups, held a rally near the white house to support the palestinian people and protest t
after remarks by former new york mayor michael bloomberg, former president bill clinton will moderate a panel that includes the heads of general electric, dow chemical, and walmart. the coverage of the summit continues on c-span just after 11:00 eastern with national security advisor susan rice leading a discussion with the heads of ibm and coca-cola. secretary of state john kerry will discuss issues facing africa with the presidents of tanzania, senegal, tunisia, and rwanda, and president...
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. >> we are going to go next to bedn, bloomberg. bit heard you talk quite a about the need for unions to get back some of the power they have lost. how do you see that playing out --ah the unions'attempts to potential to -- the join employer standard, for instance, mcdonald's allowing, considering in part that the union behind a mcdonald's branch of that -- >> is what? >> seicu, an x affiliate of yours. yours.ffiliate of >> there has been -- even though affiliated," about 85-90% other locals remain affiliated with us. we work with the nea. we probably have a better coordination now. we are working hard to try to together and work create synergy. we have targeted five cities in the south. the machinist just organized thousand workers in texas. 7 or 8rses organized work to create that synergy and eliminate some of the nonsense. we just signed a nationwide moderating pack with seicu, to make sure that even though they eliminating that rating. it has been very successful. we will continue to try to create that synergy and get unions to
. >> we are going to go next to bedn, bloomberg. bit heard you talk quite a about the need for unions to get back some of the power they have lost. how do you see that playing out --ah the unions'attempts to potential to -- the join employer standard, for instance, mcdonald's allowing, considering in part that the union behind a mcdonald's branch of that -- >> is what? >> seicu, an x affiliate of yours. yours.ffiliate of >> there has been -- even though affiliated,"...
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after opening remarks by former new york mayor bloomberg and commerce secretary pritzker, former president bill clinton will moderate a pan they'll of generale heads electric, dow chemical and wal-mart. our coverage of the summit c-span just after 11:00 eastern, with national security advisor susan rice with the discussion heads of ibm and coca-cola. secretary of state john kerry facing africaues with the president of tanzania, tunisia and rwanda. and president obama will address the group in the afternoon. >> up next a discussion of programs and african-americans. from "washington journal," this half-hour. joining us next in r studio in new york, jason riley, now up with his second book :alled, "please stop helping us how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed." thank you for joining us on washington journal. what motivated you to write the book? the book because i think that a lot of the efforts to help black underclass have not been working. in many cases, they have been doing more harm than good. i thought the 50th anniversary of the great society programs was an opportunity to
after opening remarks by former new york mayor bloomberg and commerce secretary pritzker, former president bill clinton will moderate a pan they'll of generale heads electric, dow chemical and wal-mart. our coverage of the summit c-span just after 11:00 eastern, with national security advisor susan rice with the discussion heads of ibm and coca-cola. secretary of state john kerry facing africaues with the president of tanzania, tunisia and rwanda. and president obama will address the group in...
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host: in 2009, michael bloomberg spent his own fortune. meg whitman was running for governor of california, she spent 140 million dollars of her own money. uc cell funding candidates at all levels. self fundinge candidates at all levels. cell funding candidates still has to do some fundraising. they have to organize events. it helps to have a few million to help you out. might encourage some outside groups not to come in knowing that you have the ability to compete with them. it doesn't mean that they don't fund raise. topic is money and politics. this is a weeklong series on "washington journal." frederick is calling from indianapolis. caller: i would like to comment. if it surprises me how apathetic millennium will's are -- millennium larp. -- millennial's are. it is a shame that republicans and democrats are just at war constantly. nothing will get done. it is all about raising money. information voter is andected to the wisecracks people like yourselves that have to generate a secret message to get them out to vote. .t is just money gr
host: in 2009, michael bloomberg spent his own fortune. meg whitman was running for governor of california, she spent 140 million dollars of her own money. uc cell funding candidates at all levels. self fundinge candidates at all levels. cell funding candidates still has to do some fundraising. they have to organize events. it helps to have a few million to help you out. might encourage some outside groups not to come in knowing that you have the ability to compete with them. it doesn't mean...
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>> sean bloomberg. i have a question regarding the cadillac tax. how many of the employers, regardless of all they are doing , to keep the cost down, expect they will keep the cadillac tax? >> i think they will all hit it eventually. some well faster than others. even as it goes forward in the future, it is indexed to general inflation not health care inflation. unless we can get health care under control, we will all hit it at some point. there are companies worried about hitting it immediately in 2018. they are aggressively trying to and howh their benefits they can manage to get under that or minimize the impact so there is not the 30% tax as significant as it could be. other questions? thank you all for coming. we appreciate the time. if you have other questions, please follow-up at the end. thank you. >> as the briefing comes to a ande, " washington post" other outlets reporting that health and human services industry sending out letters notifying coverage could be cut off unless they provide proof of citizenship or immigration status, making
>> sean bloomberg. i have a question regarding the cadillac tax. how many of the employers, regardless of all they are doing , to keep the cost down, expect they will keep the cadillac tax? >> i think they will all hit it eventually. some well faster than others. even as it goes forward in the future, it is indexed to general inflation not health care inflation. unless we can get health care under control, we will all hit it at some point. there are companies worried about hitting...
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host: in 2009, michael bloomberg spent his own fortune. meg whitman was running for governor of california, she spent 140 million dollars of her own money. uc cell funding candidates at all levels. self fundinge candidates at all levels. cell funding candidates still has to do some fundraising. they have to organize events. it helps to have a few million to help you out. might encourage some outside groups not to come in knowing that you have the ability to compete with them. it doesn't mean that they don't fund raise. topic is money and politics. this is a weeklong series on "washington journal." frederick is calling from indianapolis. caller: i would like to comment. if it surprises me how apathetic millennium will's are -- millennium larp. -- millennial's are. it is a shame that republicans and democrats are just at war constantly. nothing will get done. it is all about raising money. information voter is andected to the wisecracks people like yourselves that have to generate a secret message to get them out to vote. .t is just money gr
host: in 2009, michael bloomberg spent his own fortune. meg whitman was running for governor of california, she spent 140 million dollars of her own money. uc cell funding candidates at all levels. self fundinge candidates at all levels. cell funding candidates still has to do some fundraising. they have to organize events. it helps to have a few million to help you out. might encourage some outside groups not to come in knowing that you have the ability to compete with them. it doesn't mean...
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. -- bloomberg. secretary of state john kerry today urged greater u.s. investment in africa. do you help develop a u.s. /african relationship focus more on growth rather than on crisis management. for too long, it was largely rooted in meeting the challenges and crisis of the moment kerry told an audience of dignitaries. we want more american companies to be here, to invest here, to unleash the power of the private sector in africa and to create jobs in america, kerry said, even while warning of the damage that conflict and corruption and curbs on freedoms can do to africa's potential. he is on a five-day visit to africa with stops in ethiopia, south sudan, angola. next up is randy from fort worth. should the u.s. invest more in africa? caller: first of all, i agree with the caller from maryland. i think it is a terrible mistake. if you look at the trading policy we have with china, it was a disaster. the solar panels. we lost a lot of money. i just don't trust baurgs to be -- to -- the obama administration. they just do a terrible job. so the last comment is that i feel that
. -- bloomberg. secretary of state john kerry today urged greater u.s. investment in africa. do you help develop a u.s. /african relationship focus more on growth rather than on crisis management. for too long, it was largely rooted in meeting the challenges and crisis of the moment kerry told an audience of dignitaries. we want more american companies to be here, to invest here, to unleash the power of the private sector in africa and to create jobs in america, kerry said, even while warning...
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barbara taliv of bloomberg news writes the president's decision to approve airstrikes and humanitarian drops began to come together on august 6th between the he end of the african leader summer summit he hosted and a dinner with his wife and friends during a 5-minute limo ride with the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, the president's fears were confirmed. the offensive by militants with the islamic state group reached a critical point. the chat turned into an hour long meeting with dempsey, the president chief of staff, mcdonna and a background t cliff is joining us from sykesville, maryland. good morning. caller: it's funny. i have been following this thing very closely. i really feel -- i would feel very sorry for barack obama. i can't imagine the stress and frustration he must feel. he ran his whole campaign on getting us out. i think we are learning -- he is learning it's not so easy to give up the legacy of what george w. bush and dick cheney left the country and the world. host: host: thanks for the call. tanya from west virginia. good morning. caller: good morning.
barbara taliv of bloomberg news writes the president's decision to approve airstrikes and humanitarian drops began to come together on august 6th between the he end of the african leader summer summit he hosted and a dinner with his wife and friends during a 5-minute limo ride with the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, the president's fears were confirmed. the offensive by militants with the islamic state group reached a critical point. the chat turned into an hour long meeting...